linestringCS

Creating a new linestring and calculating the length

using DotSpatial.Topology;
using DotSpatial.Common;

private void btnLineString_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //creates a new coordinate array
    Coordinate[]() coords = new Coordinate[36](36);
    //creates a random point variable
    Random rnd = new Random();
    //a for loop that generates a new random X and Y value and feeds those values into the coordinate array
    for (int i = 0; i < 36; i++)
    {
       coords[i](i) = new Coordinate((rnd.NextDouble() * 360) - 180, (rnd.NextDouble() * 180) - 90);
    }
    //creates a new linstring from the array of coordinates
    LineString ls = new LineString(coords);
    //new variable for the length of the linstring
    Double length;
    length = ls.Length;
    //Displays the length of the linstring
    MessageBox.Show("The length of the linstring is: " + length);
}